It's our job to meddle in our children's lives

A great article from Simcha Fisher over at I Have To Sit Down about raising Middle Schoolers

We home schooled for seven years. Now six of our kids are in charter or public school -- the oldest in 7th and 8th grades. We're thrilled with 99% of what goes on in the school we're so fortunate to have. But on the other hand, oy-oy-oy-oy-oy. It is a tricky age.

It's our job to meddle in our children's lives. You don't have to be an obnoxious helicopter parent to realize that kids in their early teens are not yet adults. We're not done raising them yet! And kids in home school or Catholic school face many of the same challenges our public school kids do.

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Kids have to grow up and make their own choices eventually. We owe to them to educate them on what their choices actually are, and to remind them that they have the responsibility to be strong in a world that assumes they are weak.

Read entire article here...